France forward Ousmane Dembele has defended captain Kylian Mbappe, saying criticism of the Real Madrid striker has become excessive.

Canada striker Cyle Larin scored off the bench to earn his side a 1-1 draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina in an all-action Group B opener on Friday.

U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino has told reporters what the biggest contributing factor was to his team's 4-1 victory over Paraguay in their World Cup opener.

Ghana's government has hit out at Canada's "extremely unfair" decision to deny Thomas Partey a visa for his country's World Cup game against Panama next week.

Qatar punished a wasteful Switzerland performance with a 95th-minute equaliser to earn their first point in World Cup finals history.